引 means “pull”

ひく · hiku

Also: tug, jerk, admit

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ひく, ひける

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

イン

JLPT N4 · Taught in grade 2 · 4 strokes

The story

A bow (弓) with its string drawn back in one straight stroke: pulling, frozen mid-motion. 引 is on every door in Japan: where 押 says push, 引 says pull.

Used in 引く (hiku, to pull), 割引 (waribiki, discount), and 引っ越し (hikkoshi, moving house)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.